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M. MATTSON.

I SYRINGE Ne. 69,110. Patented Sept. 24; 1867.

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TO ALL-WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MORRIS MATTSON, of the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement 'in'Jct and Spray Syringes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, and of its mode or manner of operation, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marlred thereon, and making a part of this specification.

My-invention or improvement has reference to that class of syringes which consist merely of an elastic bulb, in eombinatinn with a discharge-tube or pipe, and are not fitted or provided with valves and separate receiving and discharging tubes, so that fluids can be repeatedly taken up and discharged without removing the syringe from its placc-of application, or from the vessel whence it receives its supply. Such syringes are most generally used for applying washes to the eye, car, nostrils, &c., or to wounds, or for administering enemas to infants, and for other uses, where but comparatively small quantities of any fluid are required. Heretoforc such syringes have been made as shown in Figure 2, the discharge pipe A being attached directly to the elastic bulb B. When the syringe is so made, and its parts are so united, any motion or movement of the bulb 13, as by compressing it to force the fluid therefrom, is necessarily imparted, to a greater or less degree, to the pipe A, and any movement of such pipe, when the same is'applied or inserted in the delicate organs of an infant, or in any diseased part, as the car or nostril, frequently causes pain and suffering, even if not attended with more serious results, and such effects, with the use of such syringes, can be prevented or diminished by only the most careful and skillful manipulation.

My invention consists in so constructing such syringes that any motion or movement which may be given to the elastic bulb shall not be communicated or imparted to the discharge pipe, but such pipe will rest in the part or organ in which it may have been inserted, steady and unmoved, notwithstanding any motion that may be given the bulb.

This desirable result or end I secure by interposing between the bulb B, to which all manipulation is applied, and the discharge pipe A, which is inserted in any part or orifice of the body, a flexible tube, C, which may be of any length desired or found most convenient. It will be at once and readily apparent, by the use and application of such a flexible tube between the bulb and the disehargepipe, that the bulb B can be manipulated without particular care or attention, and can also be moved or changed in position, as found convenient or desirable under different circumstances, without in any manner changing the position of or afi'ecting the pipcA. Such pipe can thus, after having been inserted in any part or orifice of the body, though sensitive from disease, remain at rest, while the bulb B is manipulated to discharge the fluid contained within it. For ordinary uses such flexible tube will be required to be only a few inches long.

Figures 1 and 2 show a syringe with a discharge pipe adapted or suitable for use in the ear or nostril.

Figure 3 represents a pipe suitable for administering an enema to an infant, and

Figure 4 shows a spray pipe suitable for throwing a spray upon the eye, wounds, Ste,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and use, "in syringes consisting of an elastic bulb and discharge pipe merely, without the combination of valves to regulate the admission and discharge of any fluid, of a flexible tube between the elastic bulb and discharge pipe, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

M. MAT'I'SON. Witnesses:

S. D. Law,

W. R. Romans. 

